I tend to think "Poor wee darlings, everything feels so big at that age." Then I feel old and cynical and go back to reading about the jewelry of the royal family.
You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2012 10:32:37 am PDT #9603 of 10464
brillig
§ ita § - Aug 21, 2012 10:33:51 am PDT #9604 of 10464
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What age? How old is he?
Polter-Cow - Aug 21, 2012 10:34:23 am PDT #9605 of 10464
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
He turns 29 in October.
Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2012 10:36:49 am PDT #9606 of 10464
brillig
It may be a reaction to apparent age, he had a very isolated upbringing.
ie: his innocence level seems higher than most.
§ ita § - Aug 21, 2012 10:42:09 am PDT #9607 of 10464
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, okay.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 21, 2012 11:34:04 am PDT #9608 of 10464
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Was he raised in the wild by Muppets? Because that's the impression I'm getting from how intensely *everything* must be reacted to.
Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2012 12:32:03 pm PDT #9609 of 10464
brillig
I would think by this time some of the tropes of storytelling would be sinking in.
§ ita § - Aug 21, 2012 12:45:45 pm PDT #9610 of 10464
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Mark Reads. Again, like the first time. All over again.
Polgara - Aug 21, 2012 1:19:55 pm PDT #9611 of 10464
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
I just wish he wasn't so in love with Saint Cordelia. Makes me want to vomit.
billytea - Aug 21, 2012 1:24:28 pm PDT #9612 of 10464
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Mark Reads. Again, like the first time. All over again.
Once more, with MY FEELINGS.